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Black Dice is an experimental group based in Brooklyn. They formed in Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1997, comprising members Bjorn Copeland (guitar), Hisham Bharoocha (drums) (following a short drumming stint by Lightning Bolt's Brian Chippendale), Sebastian Blanck (bass) and Eric Copeland (vocals). After the band relocated to New York City, Sebastian Blanck left and was replaced by Aaron Warren. Hisham Bharoocha had previously sung for Lightning Bolt and is currently working on other projects Read more on Last.fm
no matter what iteration of black dice you are into, its probably not a bad choice. if you start early enough you can offend your ears as much as you’d ever want to. if you get all giddy in the middle it’s because the music does too. more recently you’ll be firmly planted to the ground with rhythms while the humor and social commentary dance around you like idiots. This is the land where their last album Repo lived, and that’s roughly where this one is too.
Mr. Impossible hears the band cleaning up in at least two ways. Sonically, there is less spectral clutter, less modulation (cept the vocals), and less distortion overall. Structurally, more parts come in when they “should”, and more of the rhythmic sounds fall into step. This is why the album loses me a bit. If you are going to trade in the junk electronics that these guys do, you shouldn’t get too close to on the grid computer music. It sounds like they are giving up the advantage of their approach without getting much for it. Although I will admit I’ve been bouncing around like a moron while i try to figure out why I don’t love this one.